A $50,000 grant from Nareit Hawaii to the nonprofit Molokai Affordable Housing Alliance is supporting extremely low-income native Hawaiian kupuna (elders) with the planning, design and obtaining of essential furnishings for the building of six affordable tiny homes.
The new homes are being built on 5-7 acre agricultural lots in the Nā‘iwa Agricultural Subdivision on the island of Molokai for native Hawaiian beneficiaries of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.
A portion of the grant will also fund carpentry and homebuilding skills training for the Nā‘iwa residents and family members, which will be utilized to construct homes, farm sheds, and other structures needed for the kupuna moving into their new homes.
Nareit Hawaii Executive Director Gladys Quinto Marrone, commented, “We are proud to support a nonprofit like the Molokai Affordable Housing Alliance that is implementing workable, community-based solutions to lower the cost of affordable housing and strengthen families on Molokai.”
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